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Fall 2014
Ductile and brittle failure behaviors of semi-crystalline polymers such as high density polyethylene (HDPE) were investigated under uni-axial tensile loading at various test conditions. The first part of the thesis examines the influence of aspect ratio of rectangular cross-section on the...
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Effect of strain rate on tribological properties of pre-deformed alloys via work function analysis
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In industries such as automobile, aerospace and shipping, components made of magnesium and copper alloy could have the chance to bump against other objects during transportation applications. The damage caused by local deformation at high strain rates when other damage processes are involved,...
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Fall 2009
A nonlinear finite element model was developed to study the behaviour of unstiffened steel plate shear walls. The model was validated using the results from quasi-static and dynamic experimental programs. With the validated finite element model, the performance of 4-storey and 8-storey Type D...